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visionary folk art environments
in the united states


"That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great."
Willa Cather


map of u.s. environments

the african-american heritage museum, aurora, illinois

ave maria grotto, cullman, alabama

the beer can house, houston, texas

bottle village, simi valley, california

the boyer museum, belleville, kansas

brown's flower shop (the future past), littleton, north carolina

casa de azucar, el paso, texas

casa de colores, las vegas, new mexico

cascada de piedra pinta, san angelo, texas

the cathedral of junk, austin, texas

chateau laroche, loveland, ohio

the cross garden, prattville, alabama

eliphante, cornville, arizona

the eye of the world, beaumont, texas

the flower man's house, houston, texas

the forevertron, baraboo, wisconsin

pearl fryar's topiary garden, bishopville, south carolina

the garden of eden, lucas, kansas

grandview, hollandale, wisconsin

the grotto of the redemption, west bend, iowa

the hartman rock garden, springfield, ohio

haw river crossing, bynum, north carolina

holy ghost grotto, dickeyville, wisconsin

jolly ridge, guttenberg, iowa

kenny hill's sculpture garden, chauvin, louisiana

lafleur grotto, byron, illinois

louis lee's rock garden, phoenix, arizona

m.t. liggett's totems, mullinville, kansas

margaret's grocery, vicksburg, mississippi

the mindfield, brownsville, tennessee

molehill, sauk rapids, minnesota

mystery castle, phoenix, arizona

the orange show, houston, texas (+ the art car parade)

the land of pasaquan, buena vista, georgia

the petersen rock gardens, redmond, oregon

prairie moon garden, cochrane, wisconsin

richart's ruins (the art yard), centralia, washington

dionicio rodriguez in memphis (crystal shrine grotto)

salvation mountain, niland, california

shangri-la, prospect hill, north carolina

vollis simpson's whirligigs, lucama, north carolina

dan slaughter's sculpture park, mcgregor, iowa

sunnyslope rock garden, phoenix, arizona

tellen woodland sculpture garden, sheboygan, wisconsin

the temple of tolerance, wapakoneta, ohio

tinkertown, sandia park, new mexico

tiny town, between madrid & cerrillos, new mexico

totem pole park, foyil, oklahoma

the UCM museum, abita springs, louisiana

the sculpture garden of bobby valdez, las vegas, new mexico

the watts towers, watts, california (+ scale model)

wegner grotto, cataract, wisconsin

wisconsin concrete park, phillips, wisconsin

other visionary artists
and environments

the art & architecture of charlie stagg, vidor, texas

the biblical monuments of donald keeney, san angelo, texas

las pozas, xilitla, mexico

the tile house, albuquerque, new mexico

in memoriam:
sites no longer extant

concrete city, orangeburg, south carolina (relocated)

the fan man's house, houston, texas

germantown backyard, louisville, kentucky

richard gilliam's house, san antonio, texas

paul hefti's yard, la crosse, wisconsin

everhart maupin's house, lexington, kentucky

all photos copyright Lawrence Harris except for
Gene Hochhalter's photos of The Boyer Gallery


a tribute to Seymour Rosen


So much more can be found here:


(a project of Ms. Kelly Ludwig, The Queen o' Design
from the great City o' Kansas)


Links to more folk art environments:

Gus Brethauer's Garden (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), Phoenix, Arizona

The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly, Washington, D.C.

The Mosaic Murals of Isaiah Zagar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Bottle Chapel at Tio's Taco's, Riverside, California

Shrine of the Pines, Baldwin, Michigan

Silvio's Italian-American Museum and Pizzaria, Detroit (Redford), Michigan

The Shaffer Hotel, Mountainair, New Mexico

The Paper House, Rockport, Massachusetts

Petrified Wood Park, Lemmon, South Dakota

Cabot's Pueblo Museum, Desert Hot Springs, California

Pathways Through the Bible, Joliet, Montanta

Veronica Terrillion's Sculpture Garden, Indian River, New York

Rolling Thunder Park, Imlay, Nevada

Millennium Manor, Alcoa, Tennessee

E.T. Wickham Stone Park, Palmyra, Tennessee

The Rainbow House, Vancouver, Washington (no longer extant)

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